Okay the worst thing about New Mulan isn't even any of the Chinese stuff It's that they keep saying "Emperor's Imperial Army" "Imperial" already means "of the Emperor" It's fucking unbearable
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Replying to @Exile451
I think the most obnoxious thing about NuLan is that it's absolutely wall-to-wall exoticizing Orientalism but it's also *pandering* exoticizing Orientalism They were so fucking terrified of doing anything "controversial" they went out the other side into insulting caricature
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The Emperor is a completely flat character in every fucking respect Even his *acting* is flat -- they've got Jet Li up there croaking out these purple-prose lines in this tough manly stilted monotone
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He actually is Chinese and yet it's like he's a white guy trying so hard to sound "authentically Chinese" without being offensive that he doesn't have enough focus left to display any emotions
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It's ridiculous, and you can tell what it is a mile away Same with the constant references to "the Emperor's" this and "the Emperor's" that "These Chinese really are devoted to the Emperor, they'll get so pissed if we display lese-majesté and disrespect ancient authority"
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This is bullshit, of course -- Jesus Christ the current Chinese government was *founded* on a revolution that arrested the Last Emperor and forced him to work on a farm to learn humility Toppling idols and crushing nobility in the name of the common man etc.
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The current Chinese leadership obfuscates this, for reasons of petty political advantage (wanting to keep people subservient and cowed in general) but also because they just fucking enjoy making artists, especially foreign artists, jump through dumb hoops
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